http://www.tickerhound.com/feed/user/SallyG/asked/feed.rss TickerHound.com Question Feed - user: SallyG's asked questions en-us contact@tickerhound.com Copyright 2009 http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/200911b213e97/re-earlier-question-on-global-health-ventures-is-the-technology-important http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/200911b213e97/re-earlier-question-on-global-health-ventures-is-the-technology-important Is the fact that the company changed its name in Oct. 2008 negative or positive? I've heard it touted as a buyout candidate—does this seem reasonable? The strategy of making over-the-counter competitors to prescription brands is interesting—good for product price (presumably) and accessibility, but how credible will they be? I'm personally leery of OTC medications, but I'm MUCH more skeptical than the average bear, or even the average human. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:00:28 -0500 http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2009011c342dc7/what-are-the-differences-among-etfs-closed-end-funds-and-open-end-funds http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2009011c342dc7/what-are-the-differences-among-etfs-closed-end-funds-and-open-end-funds Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:13:34 -0500 http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2008121a0a5dbc/what-do-you-think-of-sector-funds-i-m-not-much-in-favor-but-wonder-if-there-are-more-advantages-than-i-see http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2008121a0a5dbc/what-do-you-think-of-sector-funds-i-m-not-much-in-favor-but-wonder-if-there-are-more-advantages-than-i-see Some people seem to believe that they are safer or more stable than individual equities, but how do they differ from an index fund? Is it possible for them to do better than average? Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:21:04 -0500 http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2008121095becb/what-do-you-think-of-sector-funds http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2008121095becb/what-do-you-think-of-sector-funds To me, they seem to combine good and bad stocks from one sector in a fund, bringing down the returns of the better stocks. Is the advantage of diversity worth the candle, and under what conditions? (I admit to an inherited bias against mutual funds in favor of individual stocks, and instinctively lean toward funds with specific investment objectives, such as high income, balanced stock/bond funds, growth, etc. for my few fund investments.) Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:07:35 -0500 http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/200811bc8127d/when-do-we-draw-the-limit-on-providing-cash-to-aig http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/200811bc8127d/when-do-we-draw-the-limit-on-providing-cash-to-aig AIG just got another $125 billion and changed the terms on what was left of the original 485 billion. How much oversight is there by our representatives on what they do with the money? Can we/are we ensuring that they don't go on executive retreats as they did after the first installment? Apparently, there was a freeze on executive compensation and limits on severance pay. Is that enough? Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:38:56 -0500 http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2008119a7919c/as-i-become-look-to-expand-my-investment-choices-i-find-symbols-for-new-to-me-exchanges-does-a-list-exist http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2008119a7919c/as-i-become-look-to-expand-my-investment-choices-i-find-symbols-for-new-to-me-exchanges-does-a-list-exist NYSE and NYE are New York Stock Exchange, AMEX and AMX are American Stock Exchange, PK is Pink Sheets, OTCBB is Over-theCounter Bulletin Board. What is OTO? NGS? Are ther other domestic exchanges I should know? Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:35:49 -0500 http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2008091d873bcd/how-does-this-bailout-compare-to-that-of-the-savings-loans-in-the-1980s http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/2008091d873bcd/how-does-this-bailout-compare-to-that-of-the-savings-loans-in-the-1980s P.S. To set the record straight for anyone who saw my previous answer to the question regarding profitability of the current bailout, which led me to ask this question, McCain, while one of the "Keating Five" was cleared of improper action but not of poor judgement. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:28:38 -0400 http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/200809d307612/how-strongly-should-one-consider-insider-trading-in-a-stock-when-considering-investment http://www.tickerhound.com/questions/detail/200809d307612/how-strongly-should-one-consider-insider-trading-in-a-stock-when-considering-investment Corporate executives whose compensation is partially in options have different reasons for buying or selling stocks that simple confidence or lack thereof in their company (taking a profit on older options, exercising them befoer they expire, or diversifying their investment portfolio). In this environment, how much weight should one give to insider trades? Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:13:58 -0400